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Chapter 203
Ye Zhaoyan, who was staring at her closely, naturally noticed all this. Seeing that the other hand was about to reach near the mouth of the bottle, Ye Zhaoyan pinched his fingertips and flicked it lightly by his side, and a small stone flew away and hit the bottle. The maid's knees made her stagger, and she threw herself on Aunt Ying who was in front of her, and they fell to the ground together.

The bottle in the maid's hand fell and shattered, and the three signatures also fell out.

The indifferent look on King Qing's face was shaken.

The people present were in an uproar. There were clearly four noble ladies, but why were there only three signatures left?

Everyone was puzzled, but no one dared to rummage through the debris.

Seeing this, Ye Zhaoyan quickly walked towards the maid, and stretched out his hand pretending to help her up, but actually wanted to check the things in her hand.

The maid was about to get up following her hand, but when she looked back and saw that it was Ye Zhaoyan, she broke away from her hand as if she had been electrocuted, fell to the ground, and groaned in pain.

"pain"

Ye Zhaoyan didn't stop, and wanted to help her up from the ground, but was stopped by Aunt Ying who had just got up.

"What does Aunt Ying mean by this? Why are you blocking me?"

Aunt Ying hesitated for a moment, leaned close to her and whispered: "This servant is following orders, Miss Ye should not make things difficult for us."

Seeing this, Ye Zhaoyan finally understood, took a step back and said, "The maid seems to have something hidden in her hand, please ask Aunt Ying to let her take it out and check it, so as not to cause misunderstanding."

Her voice was not too loud, just enough to be heard clearly by dozens of people in the center of Baihua Garden.

Aunt Ying was shocked for a moment, with a troubled look on her face. She had also noticed Ye Zhaoyan staring at the maid just now, but she had no choice but to turn her eyes to King Qing's for help.

King Qing's face was stern, his eyes were dark, and he didn't speak.

Seeing this, the two guards behind him hurried forward, trying to help the maid on the ground up.

The maid kept her head down, and no one could see her expression, nor could she find out if there was something wrong with her. She stood up straight and let the two guards help her up, but her right hand tightly clutched her chest.

"His Royal Highness, Miss Ye's words are not unreasonable. If this matter is not verified, it will only attract people's discussion. I hope His Royal Highness can make the decision." A pink figure came out and said.

King Qing glanced at Cheng Yuyan, his eyes were obscured, unable to distinguish between emotions and anger, and he said after a while, "In this case, just search her clothes."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Cheng Yuyan bowed her hands to King Qing to express her gratitude.

The maid's face was full of horror and despair, and she knelt on the ground with trembling legs, allowing the guards to find two signatures from her arms and waist.

When everyone saw this, their eyes widened in surprise, and they began to discuss.

"There is an extra copy, it seems that there is a problem."

"Then she is quite courageous."

"How dare you do anything in front of King Qing."

"This matter is not easy, and must be severely punished!"

Cheng Yuyan walked up to Ye Zhaoyan, patted her on the shoulder, and the two walked to King Qing's side.

Ye Zhaoyan understood, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, it seems that there is something wrong with these two signatures. Please check it out!"

King Qing glanced at her lightly, "This king makes his own decision."

Seeing this, the two guards escorted the maid to leave.

Ye Zhaoyan saw that he didn't intend to make decisions, so he started and turned over lightly, and snatched two signatures from the guard, "One of them is my daughter's signature, and I hope His Highness will allow my daughter to check it out. I know how the villain in the dark plots against me."

The people who were still in shock turned their attention to Ye Zhaoyan again at this moment, their eyes were full of disbelief, this Miss Ye family is too bold!

The indifference on King Qing's face disappeared, and he glanced at Ye Zhaoyan's hand tightly clutching the signatures, turned around, and said with a chill in his voice, "Open those two signatures."

The maid on the ground froze, and her eyes showed sorrow and resentment. Originally, she could be a grand maid, but now she is only one step away from becoming a scapegoat.

Two signatures were slowly opened in front of everyone, one with the words "Jiang Yehan" written in elegant handwriting, and the other with "Zhong Lichen" written in another handwriting.

The beautiful handwriting was a woman's handwriting, everyone had heard of Jiang Yehan written on it, but the name on the other handwriting was unknown.

However, thinking of what Ye Zhaoyan said "one of which is her signature", everyone showed a look of sudden realization. It turned out that this maid wanted to sign Ye Zhaoyan's handwriting.

It seems that someone at the Qiongshu banquet wanted to plot against Miss Ye's family secretly, what audacity!
It's just that I don't know which of the two signatures is the one written by Ye Zhaoyan. In terms of handwriting, Jiang Yehan's three characters are more likely to be written by a woman.

For a while, everyone was talking about it.

Among the crowd, the expressions of a few people were distinguished from the gossiping crowd.

Ji Sinian was surprised, but a little more relaxed. He knew that it was impossible for Ye Zhaoyan to write Jiang Yehan's name.

He originally thought that Ye Zhaoyan would choose the one from the Zhuo Palace, but unexpectedly.
For some reason, he felt a little rejoiced.

Shi Youle's expression was one of sighing, although he was not familiar with the two names on the signature, but the three leaders failed to catch Ye Zhaoyan's eyes, I am afraid that Miss Ye's family already has a sweetheart.

If only he had gotten to know Ye Zhaoyan earlier!
Only Zhuo Yibai, with a smear of paleness on his dazed face, and his tightly pursed lips were also pale.

Seeing the discussion of the crowd, King Qing's eyes narrowed, as if he was waiting for something.

This time Ye Zhaoyan opened the signature in public at the risk of being known, which was tantamount to fighting back.

But other than that, she couldn't bear him anymore.

After all, Ye Zhaoyan is a woman who has not yet left the cabinet, but she is still the daughter of a prestigious family. Even if she wants to prove something, how dare she confess her feelings in public?
Thinking in this way, Ye Zhaoyan had already stepped forward, lightly picked up one of the signatures with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, I wrote this one."

King Qing has already seen the words on it along his fingers.

Her fingers paused, and she raised her head, facing a cold and quiet handsome face that seemed to be about to change.

"You wrote this?" Qing Wang asked in a deep voice.

Ye Zhaoyan nodded, "Your Highness, I can write exactly the same handwriting."

Everyone looked closely, only to see the words "Zhong Lichen" written on it.

"Ah! It turned out to be Ms. Ye's signature!"

"I'll just say it! That must be Ms. Ye's signature! A woman like her writes differently than ordinary people!"

"So, the person who framed Ms. Ye wanted people to think that she was in love with Jiang Yehan?"

"That's what it means."

"Wait, Zhonglichen? Is that the son of Zhongli's family?" Someone exclaimed.

"Don't speculate, maybe it's just the same surname."

Everyone guessed differently.

(End of this chapter)